[Guide] Modders' guide to using mod portal (Edit, Delete...)

[aubergine18]

Changing title, etc, of existing mod

If you need to change title, version, short description or anything else that seems un-editable, just edit the info.json of your mod and upload a new version (via the Edit tab on your existing mod). The mod portal shows the values from the most recently uploaded version of your mod.

You don't need to create a new mod page! (Unless you need to change the mod name, which is also part of the URL on the mod forum, in which case you will need to make a new mod page).

Main description

The large text box when first uploading or editing a mod can be customised with Github Flavoured Markdown (another guide), including emoji.

If you want to include images, a good image host is: http://imgur.com - sometimes an image can convey what your mod does far better than a wall of text.

Discussions tab

The discussions tab doesn't create email notifications, so unless you're planning to check it regularly, it might be better just putting an "Announcement" message in there telling visitors to instead use the forums or github to get in touch with you.

If you do want to use the Discussions tab, there is a workaround solution.

Deleting a mod from the portal

No way to do it currently, but it looks like Klonan has inadvetently voluntered to handle requests :p

Note: It might be possible to simply delete all the downloads (via edit tab) -there's a little X that appears top-right corner of the file boxes. Does deleting all the files delete the mod?

Changing your avatar image

Associate your email address with an image over at http://gravatar.com

[theRustyKnife]

Do you know how to change profile picture on the mod portal? You seem to have changed it somehow, I just can't figure out how...
TRK

[aubergine18]

Associate an image with your email address at http://gravatar.com

[theRustyKnife]

Oh great, thanks!

[Optera]

How do you format images?

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![alt text](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/raw/master/src/common/images/icon48.png "Logo Title Text 1") Test Logo Desciption

it centers the image and puts the text in a new line.

[Shenpen]

Props for using the awesome phrase "inadvetently voluntered"!

[Jürgen Erhard]

Props for using the awesome phrase "inadvetently voluntered"!

Props to OP for trying, but it only would be awesome with proper spelling: inadvertently volunteered.

[drbert]

Changing title, etc, of existing mod

If you need to change title, version, short description or anything else that seems un-editable, just edit the info.json of your mod and upload a new version (via the Edit tab on your existing mod). The mod portal shows the values from the most recently uploaded version of your mod.

You don't need to create a new mod page! (Unless you need to change the mod name, which is also part of the URL on the mod forum, in which case you will need to make a new mod page).

Doesn't work... The mod portal still shows the values from my first upload

[HanziQ]

You can now directly edit the title, homepage and summary.

[drbert]

Thanks you for amazingly fast support!

[ixu]

Initially, the field "description" from the info.json was used for the field "Summary" in the Modportal for my mod. Once I had to change the "Summary" in the Modportal directly for reasons. Since then, the "description" field from the info.json has been ignored. How can I get back to the original state here?

[FuryoftheStars]

Initially, the field "description" from the info.json was used for the field "Summary" in the Modportal for my mod. Once I had to change the "Summary" in the Modportal directly for reasons. Since then, the "description" field from the info.json has been ignored. How can I get back to the original state here?

Afaik, it only pays attention to it on initial upload. Every time after you need to manually update it (if it needs updating/changing).